WELLINGTON.
December l'J.
It is understood that the Government are actively considering questions relating to improving the efficiency of the Civil Service and promoticg its economy. A plan, it is understood, is under consideration for making each department audit its own revenue, under the supervision of a board of audit, of which the Auditor-General is to be chairman. The auditing of the railway way bills is to be left to the department. ChaHges are also intended to be made in the Treasury in the way of dispensing with unnecessary accounts.
Decomber 15. Mrs Spinks, wife of William Spinks who died last week, died this morning. The programme of the New Zealaud Kifle Association ia issued, ' Shooting commences on Monday, 9bh March, and continues the following days. The prizes amount in the aggregate ,to close on £750, exclusive of belts and other trophies. One prize is a thirty guinea clock, presented by the Mayor "and Councillors of Wellington. The number of shots to be fired for each belt by eaoh competitor is 123.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5495, 15 December 1884, Page 2
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172WELLINGTON. Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5495, 15 December 1884, Page 2
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